The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta was forced to abort an operational patrol led by the commander, following the collapse of the Ikang River jetty in Calabar on Tuesday, a statement said. The JTF Spokesman, Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi, said in the statement issued in Yenagoa on Wednesday that Rear Admiral Suleman Apochi,
Oil spewing from equipment belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has ravaged parts of Tein-Biseni environment, Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area. A report compiled by the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoE), showed that while Shell believed the spill was caused by sabotage, other stakeholders including regulators and the community argued it
There was pandemonium in Amatu II community of Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, weekend, as gunmen attacked the community, shooting sporadically and abducted a local boat owner. It was gathered that the gunmen, who stormed the community’s landing jetty at about 4:30am., began shooting at anyone in sight and looted goods before whisking
A Civil Society Organisation, Bayelsa Patriotic Watch has accused the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere, of diverting vital projects meant for Bayelsa to Akwa Ibom state. The BPW President, Empire Otuzi, in a mailed statement on Tuesday, alleged that Ekere was diverting the projects to his home state because he
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) led by Edwin Kiagbodo Clark yesterday responded to its alleged overthrow by a coalition of militants under the platform of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). The RNDA, which is allegedly working with the Pan-Niger Delta Peoples Congress (PNDPC) led by Mike Loyibo, had claimed that it was the recognised
The Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress (PNDPC) has cited the failure of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) provide the needed leadership to represent the interests of the people of the oil-rich region. Leader of the PNDPC and paramount ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, Pere Charles
Shells of a cannon shot during a traditional ceremony has reportedly killed a 26-year-old pregnant woman at Ujevwu community, in Udu Council Area of Delta State. Sources from the community said the woman, identified as Mrs. Ese Edewor, was alleged to be taking her bath in a makeshift bathroom outside her apartment when the incident
A Foremost Niger Delta based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) has called on the Federal Government to compel multinational oil companies to put an end to gas flaring in the oil rich Niger Delta Region and threatened to drag the Government and oil firms to court if nothing was
The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh has said that about 14,366 ex-agitators had been trained in the programme. Boroh made this disclosure when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He explained that their capacities had also been developed in the areas of agriculture, automobile
The Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria, have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for making conscious efforts to eliminate corruption in the country. The association gave the commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of its 26th National Conference held on Friday in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The monarchs thanked God
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has been nominated as Chairman of the Committee of Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing States (TROMPCOM) comprising Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Imo, Abia, Ondo, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States. The Patron of TROMPCOM and the Amayanabo of Brass in Bayelsa State, His Royal Highness, King Diete Spiff, announced
...brother confessed to sleeping with wife for ten years
Worried at the level of water contamination in the Niger Delta region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Federal government through its ministry of Water Resources has developed a water safety plan that will help protect communities from taking contaminated water within the region. This was disclosed yesterday by UNICEF Water
The Rivers Professionals Group (RPG) has accused the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) of excluding citizens of the state from its recruitment exercise of 2013. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Princess Milner-Amadi, spokesperson of the RPG, alleged that the recruitment exercise was skewed in favour of the south-west and the north, with only six
The families of three men allegedly arrested by soldiers at Ibelebiri community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have called on the relevant authorities to make known their whereabouts. They lamented that 15 months after the men were picked up, they had yet to hear anything from them. The names of those taken
At least one person has been reported killed during the inauguration of the Acting Chairman of the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. A source said that this follows the violence that erupted at the venue of the event as many supporters of the party gathered for
The Executive Director of Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Samuel Adjogbe, FNSE, has said the Niger Delta Region remains a viable place for foreign investment. Adjogbe, who represented the Managing Director of the Interventionist Agency, Mr. Nsima Ekere, made this remark during a meeting with a Consortium of Chinese Construction Firms at the NDDC Headquarters,
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has accused Shell Petroleum Development Development Company (SPDC) of refusing to pay its share of the counterpart funding for the clean-up. MOSOP President Legbosi Piagbara told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Shell had not shown enough willingness to be part of the exercise. According
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Monday urged the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, to urgently stop the incessant killings, unlawful eviction and continuous displacement of Ijaw communities in Eastern Obolo local government area of the state. IYC factional President, Mr. Eric Omare, described the alleged attacks on the Ijaw people of Amazaba
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide on Monday, condemned the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, for attacking the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF. The Eric Omare-led Ijaw Youth Council, in a statement, said: “MEND is only playing the script of its pay master whose sole intention is to ensure
Tubutoru – The crisis rocking Okomu Kingdom, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State has been put to rest after six years of unsettlement. The internal crisis which led to killings and destructions of properties worth millions of naira in the Ijaw speaking kingdom it was learnt was put to rest after some Ijaw
The crisis rocking the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress is still far from being over, as the state government has asked the party to vacate its secretariat located along Melford Okilo Expressway, Kpansia, Yenaoga. The order to vacate the secretariat came barely a few days after the National Executive Committee of the
Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, to hold her General Meeting Thursday, August 17, 2017, by 11:00am. The meeting scheduled to hold at Old Palace Hall, Oporoza, would see delegates taken-off at Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, waterside, Warri, by 9:00am. A statement by GYC Publicity Secretary, Engr. Daniel Bebenimibo indicates that reinstating the youth body would be agenda of the
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday relieved all his Special Advisers of their appointments except one. A statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, said only the Special Adviser on Religious Affairs, Bishop Winston Iwo was retained. No explanation has been given by the governor why he sacked the Special
*Relative identified body as Solomon Ikoto *We are not at war with Aladja-Gbaramatu community leader
Member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Daniel Reyenieju today assured the people of Gbaramatu kingdom, and Niger Deltans of a smooth take-off of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko this year as planned by the government. Honourable Reyenieju who gave this assurance at the palace of Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom,
Members of House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, led by the Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Bago were warmly received by the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, HIs Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, at Oporoza town, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. The chairman was accompanied by his deputy, Hon. Solomon Adaelu; Hon. Daniel
The militant group behind the abduction of the six students of Igbonla Model School in Lagos, Niger Delta Forest Army, has vowed to cause more havoc on the Ondo, Ogun and Lagos waterways if nothing is done about incorporating them into the Federal government amnesty programme. The group stated this in a Press statement signed
The Ijaw Youth Council in Ahoada West and Abua-Odual local government areas of Rivers State, has created a special chapter, alleging marginalisation in the Council’s Central Zone. The central zone of IYC comprises Bayelsa State and some LGAs in Rivers State. Former Secretary of the Central Zone of the IYC, Mr. Prince Okenema, has, therefore,
The Escravos Ship Pilots have petitioned the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, over the damaged breakwaters in the Escravos channel leading to the Warri port. The collapsed breakwaters, according to the pilots, have drastically affected the vessels traffic in the Warri port area. A breakwater is the sea
Sex workers operating at Pedro Hotel in Azikiwe Street in Mile 2, Port Harcourt City Local government Area of Rivers State, Thursday protested over plan by its manager to force them to attend night vigil expected to hold on Thursday night. It was learnt that the sex hawkers became angry with the manager when he insisted that
Despite the reconciliatory meeting held between the Aladja community in Udu Local Government Area and their Ogbe-Ijoh neighbours in Warri South West local government area facilitated by the Delta State Government yesterday at Government House annex, Warri, the two cantankerous neighbours are now engaged in a fierce gun battle. Reports reaching this GbaramatuVoice Newspaper indicated that
“In Southern-Ijaw, being the largest local government area in the state, we recorded the highest registration of 14, 110 eligible voters, with the least number of 2,724 recorded in Brass.
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has sued for peace between the people of Gbaramatu, Ogbe-Ijoh, Aladja, and Udu communities in the state, saying communities should always apply dialogue as the best way of settling dispute. Addressing the press after a closed door meeting with security operatives, traditional rulers, members of the peace-building council
*It was used as campaign strategy - MOSOP *Govt is not sincere - indigene
